Programme

 

Overview Sat 1 April Sun 2 April Mon 3 April Tue 4 April Wed 5 April Posters

Wednesday 5 April 2006

   

07.15-08.00

Meet the Expert 13: Pregnancy-related pituitary disorders

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: TBA

   

F Kelestimur (Kayseri, Turkey)

     
 

07.15-08.00

Meet the Expert 14: Hypoglycaemia and insulinoma

   

LOMOND AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: TBA

   

B Eriksson (Uppsala, Sweden)

     
 

07.15-08.00

Meet the Expert 15: Interference in hormone assays

   

HALL 1

   

Chair: J Barth (Leeds, UK)

   

N Goncharov (Moscow, Russia)

     
 

07.15-08.00

Meet the Expert 16: Mouse genetics in the identification of quantitative traits

   

FORTH ROOM

   

Chair: S Kim (London, UK)

   

G Brockman (Berlin, Germany)

     
 

08.10-10.10

Symposium 13: Monogenic disorders illuminate metabolic disease

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: P Froguel (Lille, France)

S54

08.10

Genetic obesity in humans

   

S O'Rahilly (Cambridge, UK)

S55

08.40

Specific metabolic features in Prader- Labhart-Willi syndome (PWS) as indicators of the underlying genetic defect

   

U Eiholzer (Zurich, Switzerland)

S56

09.10

PPAR gamma and human metabolic disease

   

V Chatterjee (Cambridge, UK)

S57

09.40

Learning from monogenic diabetes: insights into the fetal and adult b-cell

   

A Hattersley (Exeter, UK)

     
 

08.10-10.10

Symposium 14: Steroid hormone receptors

   

HALL 1

   

Chairs: H Klocker (Innsbruck, Austria) & F Claessens (Leuven, Belgium)

S58

08.10

The ups and downs of nuclear receptor action in fat and fertility

   

M Parker (London, UK)

S59

08.40

Chromatin remodeling

   

F Gannon (Heidelberg, Germany)

S60

09.10

Cell membrane receptors of steroid hormones

   

J Brosens (London, UK)

S61

09.40

Lysine modifications in transcriptional regulation by steroid receptors

   

J Palvimo (Helsinki, Finland)

     
 

08.10-10.10

Symposium 15: Anabolic hormones in sport

   

LOMOND AUDITORIUM

   

Chairs: G Tolis (Athens, Greece) & C Strasburger (Berlin, Germany)

S62

08.10

Overview of anabolic steroids in sport

   

K Kuoppasalmi (Helsinki, Finland)

S63

08.40

Detecting growth hormone abuse in athletes

   

C Strasburger (Berlin, Germany)

S64

09.10

Gene doping: will the age of gene therapy usher in the age of genetic enhancement?

   

H Sweeney (Pennsylvania, USA)

S65

09.40

Erythropoietin

   

D Cowan (London, UK)

     
 

08.10-10.10

Oral Communications 7: Calcium and bone

   

FORTH ROOM

   

Chair: TBA

OC49*

08.10

The A990G polymorphism of calcium sensing receptor gene (CASR) is associated with nephrolithiasis in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT)

   

C Eller-Vainicher, M Filopanti, G Vezzoli, L Soldati, P Saeli, P Beck-Peccoz, A Spada & S Corbetta

OC50

08.25

Congenitally hypothyroid mice with (Pax8-/-) or without (hyt/hyt) functional TSH receptors (TSHR) display equivalent skeletal phenotypes

   

GR Williams, R Swinhoe, E Murphy, AJ Williams, S Costagliola, G Vassart, PGT Howell, A Boyde, F Flamant, J Samarut, R Weiss, S Refetoff & JHD Bassett

OC51*

08.40

TSH receptor action in osteoblasts and osteoclasts in vitro

   

E Murphy, AJ Williams, TM Galliford, S Costagliola, G Vassart, JHD Bassett & GR Williams

OC52

08.55

In acromegaly, bone mineral density depends on gonadal function

   

M Kochman, W Zgliczynski, W Misiorowski, P Zdunowski, L Papierska & S Zgliczynski

OC53

09.10

Bone involvement in patients with adrenal incidentalomas: role of subclinical hypercortisolism

   

I Chiodini, F Coletti, P Epaminonda, S Di Lembo, V Morelli, B Masserini, G Adda & M Arosio

OC54

09.25

Adult mice harbouring a dominant negative R384C mutation of TRa1 have a marked increase in trabecular bone and micro-mineralisation density

   

JHD Bassett, K Nordstrom, B Vennstrom, PGT Howell, A Boyde & GR Williams

OC55

09.40

Thyroid hormones stimulate osteoblast differentiation but inhibit mineralization of bone nodules in vitro

   

AJ Williams, JC Barnard, JHD Bassett & GR Williams

OC56

09.55

The Scandinavian investigation of primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) - end of inclusion and preliminary results

   

JB Bollerslev, SJ Jansson, CLM Mollerup, JN Nordenström, EL Lungren, OT Tørring, CF Franco, JEV Varhaug, GAI Isaksen & TR Rosen

     
 

10.10-10.40

COFFEE

   

HALL 3

     
 

10.40-11.25

Clinical Endocrinology Trust Lecture

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: L Rees (London, UK)

S7

 

Thyroid disease paradigms and problems

   

A Weetman (Sheffield, UK)

     
 

11.35-12.20

Plenary 3

   

LOMOND AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: P Bouchard (Paris, France)

S10

 

Stem cells: regeneration in type 1 diabetes

   

M Trucco (Pittsburgh, USA)

     
 

11.35-12.20

Debate: Metformin is the treatment of choice for polycystic ovarian syndrome

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: S Franks (London, UK)

   

For the motion:

   

R Fleming (Glasgow, UK)

   

Against the motion:

   

A Balen (Leeds, UK)

     
 

12.20-13.05

Meet the Expert 13: Pregnancy-related pituitary disorders

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: TBA

   

F Kelestimur (Kayseri, Turkey)

     
 

12.20-13.05

Meet the Expert 14: Hypoglycaemia and insulinoma

   

LOMOND AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: TBA

   

B Eriksson (Uppsala, Sweden)

     
 

12.20-13.05

Meet the Expert 15: Interference in hormone assays

   

HALL 1

   

Chair: J Barth (Leeds, UK)

   

N Goncharov (Moscow, Russia)

     
 

12.20-13.05

Meet the Expert 16: Mouse genetics in the identification of quantitative traits

   

FORTH ROOM

   

Chair: S Kim (London, UK)

   

G Brockman (Berlin, Germany)

     
 

13.05-13.35

LUNCH

   

HALL 3

     
 

13.35-15.35

Symposium 16: Disorders of melanocortin receptor functions

   

LOMOND AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: H Biebermann (Berlin, Germany)

S66

13.35

MC1R variants: Mendle is quite complex enough

   

J Rees (Edinburgh, UK)

S67

14.05

Identification of the genes causing ACTH insensitivity

   

A Clark (London, UK)

S68

14.35

Melanocortin receptor mutations in humans

   

P Froguel (Lille, France)

S69

15.05

Gs-independent signalling of melanocortin-4 receptors

   

A Breit (Marburg, Germany)

     
 

13.35-15.35

Symposium 17: Endocrine oncogenesis and management of hereditary endocrine tumours

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chairs: B Kos Kudla (Zabrze, Poland) & E Rossella (Pisa, Italy)

S70

13.35

RET function and dysfunction

   

L Fugazzola (Milan, Italy)

S71

14.05

Novel management strategies in medullary carcinoma of the thyroid

   

J Feldkamp (Bielefeld, Germany)

S72

14.35

Hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) and phaeochromocytoma

   

C Pugh (Oxford, UK)

S73

15.05

Familial phaeochromocytomas

   

P Plouin (Paris, France)

     
   

 

13.35-15.35

Clinical Management Workshop 5: Research management workshop

   

HALL 1

   

Chair: C Meir (Geneva, Switzerland)

S94

13.35

Better management of ethical review in European medicine development

   

I Klingmann (Brussels, Belgium)

S95

14.15

Impact of the EU Clinical Trials Directive on academic research

   

B Moulton (Dublin, Ireland)

S96

14.55

Funding for commercialisation of research after the biotech bubble

   

RN Seabrook (London, UK)

     
 

13.35-15.35

Oral Communications 8: Thyroid

   

FORTH ROOM

   

Chairs: M Alevizaki (Athens, Greece) & M Colculescu (Bucharest, Romania)

OC57

13.35

Treatment of experimental hyperthyroid Graves' disease with decoy TNF-family ligand receptors suggests an essential role for BAFF in production of thyroid stimulating antibodies

   

JA Gilbert, SL Kalled, J Moorhead, D Hess, P Rennert, Z Li, Z Khan & J-P Banga

OC64

13.50

Thyroid hormone receptor TRb1 mediates Akt activation by T3 in pancreatic b cells

   

SM Misiti, CV Verga Falzacappa, VP Patriarca, SM Michienzi, AS Stigliano, EB Brunetti & VT Toscano

OC59

14.05

Tri-iodothyronine improves haemodynamic performance and is associated with improved myocardial protection post on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

   

AM Ranasinghe, DW Quinn, TR Graham, BE Keogh, CJ Mascaro, SJ Rooney, IC Wilson, D Pagano, JA Franklyn & RS Bonser

OC60

14.20

4-Methylbenzylidene-camphor (4MBC) causes pituitary effects comparable to hypothyroidism

   

IH Hamann, C Schmutzler, P Kirschmeyer, H Jarry & J Köhrle

OC61

14.35

Phosphodiesterase-resistant PKA I agonists inhibit thyroid cancer cell growth

   

S Lucchi, D Calebiro, T de Filippis, P Porazzi, P Beck-Peccoz & L Persani

OC62*

14.50

The role of the thyroid hormone transporter monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8) in fetal brain development

   

SR James, CJ McCabe, VE Smith, SY Chan, TG Barrett, JA Franklyn & MD Kilby

OC63

15.05

Gender-specific differences in the expression of deiodinase I (Dio1) in mammals

   

C Riese, U Schweizer, J Köhrle & L Schomburg

OC58

15.20

Interleukin 1: the optimal cytokine target in thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy?

   

TJ Cawood, P Moriaty, C O'Farrelly & D O'Shea

     
 

15.35

Novartis Oncology Young Investigator Award and BTA Award Announcements and Close of Meeting

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: S Lamberts (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)


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